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this is where they roberts court, the robbers about to meet the road. i think there's a distinction to be made between what a judge who deeply believes and he deeply believes that it's wrong for the government to classify your account people by race even for what one would consider benign or benign purposes. what a judge believes in how a judge chooses to behave. there were various off ramps for these cases that he could take. i have a feeling from the health care case that he is not completely in charge, that he was kind of scrambling to stay afloat and therefore more conservatives indicated that they were really willing not only to strike down the mandate that validate the entire law under provisions that had nothing to do with the mandate. that was a very rapid stance that they took and i think it left him kind of thinking whoa, where do i go with this? again i have no inside information. i'm just kind of projecting so it's just a fascinating component. >> thank you very much for your presentation. at the question about citizens united decision which
this is where they roberts court, the robbers about to meet the road. i think there's a distinction to be made between what a judge who deeply believes and he deeply believes that it's wrong for the government to classify your account people by race even for what one would consider benign or benign purposes. what a judge believes in how a judge chooses to behave. there were various off ramps for these cases that he could take. i have a feeling from the health care case that he is not completely...
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robert kennedy jr. for writing to important chapters in the book including the takeover, the hostel takeover of america and the good chapter on ballot staff. there are nine ways -- though one of the subtitles is how to steal an election in 9 easy steps and we take you through you. i want to give you some numbers. don't take it down, just get the book. all proceeds are nonprofit. it's official, in 208,750 and 50,023 provisions never counted, 1,451,116 ballots were spoiled and 488,136 absentee ballots were cast and not counted as the 2.7 million ballots in the dumpster. that was last time and this time it will be bigger. then, 3.2, 3.2 million people, american citizens were removed from the voter rolls broke kinds of wonderful and bogus reasons, purged. in fact for those of you who do not know greg palast, most people here do know that i broke a story back in 2000 about how kathryn harris and jeb bush knocked off tens of thousands of black folk off the voter rolls, calling them balance. if you have a felo
robert kennedy jr. for writing to important chapters in the book including the takeover, the hostel takeover of america and the good chapter on ballot staff. there are nine ways -- though one of the subtitles is how to steal an election in 9 easy steps and we take you through you. i want to give you some numbers. don't take it down, just get the book. all proceeds are nonprofit. it's official, in 208,750 and 50,023 provisions never counted, 1,451,116 ballots were spoiled and 488,136 absentee...
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please join me in welcoming robert draper. [applause] nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> adelle we my star brought. we better off than we were two years ago? [laughter] >> i really don't have to answer that question. >> you have to answer that question. >> is a need answering? >> it does. >> i think that the unit of measurement that democrats would use for the performance of congress is different from that was the republicans would use. as the speaker has said over and over, the fact that we have passed a record low number of bills speaks well of this congress, the we are not imposing new regulations, not increasing taxes, and that is one way of looking at it. i think that the way, however, that most people get it attested to by its record low popularity approval rating is that this is a congress that has been defined by dysfunction and gridlock, a congress in which half a loaf has never been better than an and were compromises release seemed to be, you know, of foreign policy, meaning a policy for into the world's great
please join me in welcoming robert draper. [applause] nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> adelle we my star brought. we better off than we were two years ago? [laughter] >> i really don't have to answer that question. >> you have to answer that question. >> is a need answering? >> it does. >> i think that the unit of measurement that democrats would use for the performance of congress is different from that was the republicans would use. as the...
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robert cumming you are up next. >> okay, i'm next. yes, i confess i have not read that particular book and it is very edifying. i find myself in agreement with it. i am not sure about the rubbish comment, however. and i should try to explain that. because it seems to me that notwithstanding, we don't really know what reading is when it goes on under our nose. we are beginning to know the we understand more about the hemispheres of the brain and the way that we give up messages and so on. but we are far away from this mystery, which is the actual process of reading. however, we are in the middle of a time of tremendous change. i don't think it is an exaggeration to say that there is a new orientation towards text to have art he developed and are pointing us in a new direction. we are trying to figure out where we are headed, it leaves in a kind of rearview me or that i hope will tell me something about what can inform us on where we are going now. and i do think that these technological revolutions, if you'd like to call him back, in t
robert cumming you are up next. >> okay, i'm next. yes, i confess i have not read that particular book and it is very edifying. i find myself in agreement with it. i am not sure about the rubbish comment, however. and i should try to explain that. because it seems to me that notwithstanding, we don't really know what reading is when it goes on under our nose. we are beginning to know the we understand more about the hemispheres of the brain and the way that we give up messages and so on....
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though robert m. budd scholarship foundation. >> host: we have put out your twitter candle in case people are able to get hold of you. ken budd. "the voluntourist" is the book. thank you so much. >> is there a nonfiction author or book book you'd like to see featured on the tv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> america ranks 29th in the speed of internet behind bolivia and ukraine. obey the. >> we pay 38 times with the japanese pay for information. you pay on average with taxes $160. in france you pay her $8 and you get worldwide calling 70 countries, not just the u.s. and canada. you get worldwide television. not just domestic. enter internet is 29 times faster uploading and downloading. and you're paying less than 25 cents on the dollar. all of these other countries understand a fundamental principle. in the 19th century, canals and railroads were the key to economic growth of industrialization. you had to move heavy things like steel. the 20th century cam
though robert m. budd scholarship foundation. >> host: we have put out your twitter candle in case people are able to get hold of you. ken budd. "the voluntourist" is the book. thank you so much. >> is there a nonfiction author or book book you'd like to see featured on the tv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> america ranks 29th in the speed of internet behind bolivia and ukraine. obey the. >> we pay 38 times with...
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one of her most intriguing american friends has been a monty roberts, a california cowboy who is known as the horse whisperer for his humane techniques to train horses in a circular pen. she was so impressed by what she had read about his approach that she invited him to demonstrate his technique at windsor castle in 1989. come show me this lion's cage of yours, she said. do i need a whip and change? as montae recalled to me, said that not only with the twinkle but that her message addressing him clearly her talent put him at ease. his demonstration was a big success, and the queen and the cowboys struck up a fast. over lunch in the castle garden she asked him numerous questions i saw mine open up, he recalled. when he told her something that she did not know she would sit on the edge of her chair, he said, with a humility of a first grader. she also gave him advice on how to present his concepts to a skeptical group of english trainers. you need to ease up, he said. that way you don't appear to be too competitive. the queening kirsten to write his memoirs, critique his draft, and even
one of her most intriguing american friends has been a monty roberts, a california cowboy who is known as the horse whisperer for his humane techniques to train horses in a circular pen. she was so impressed by what she had read about his approach that she invited him to demonstrate his technique at windsor castle in 1989. come show me this lion's cage of yours, she said. do i need a whip and change? as montae recalled to me, said that not only with the twinkle but that her message addressing...
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they are, sheridan, his cavalry, and two infantry corps bard robert e. lee's path to virginia's mountains. after the confederate surrender, grant said shared into louisiana and texas to force capitulation of the rebel armies in the southwest. by the time sheridan reached new orleans the armies had already surrendered. so instead, sheridan devoted his attention to the second mission given to him by grant. to lead an army to the rio grande river and menace the french troops in mexico under the emperor maximilian. maximilian had come to power in mexico during the civil war and he has supported the. former rebel troops were streaming into mexico seeking refuge. state department opposed any actions that might lead to war with mexico. so sheridan conducted a clandestine cold war, arguably the first in u.s. history. he conducted conspicuous troop maneuvers near the rio grande river, and he secretly provided mexican insurgents with weapons from the federal arsenal. partly due to sheridan's efforts, but also due to events in europe, france's emperor, napoleon iii
they are, sheridan, his cavalry, and two infantry corps bard robert e. lee's path to virginia's mountains. after the confederate surrender, grant said shared into louisiana and texas to force capitulation of the rebel armies in the southwest. by the time sheridan reached new orleans the armies had already surrendered. so instead, sheridan devoted his attention to the second mission given to him by grant. to lead an army to the rio grande river and menace the french troops in mexico under the...
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. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i want to thank coral ridge boobs for inviting me back and all the people to come out and hear about general fill sheraton of the try -- civilling war he was probably the least known of them. the other being grant and william sherman. in 1937, the three generals appeared together on a commemorative postage stamp, as part of a series honoring great u.s. military commanders. in the center grant to the right is sherman, and sheraton on grant's left. this is a appropriate because by the time civil war ended, sheraton was sometimes referred to as the left-hand of grant the left-handed. he was ten years younger than grant and sherman, he was a dynamo inspired his men with the intensity and by his personal leadership. he lead from the front. but he was also a careful planner, yet he was one who prompletly acted on a plan and once it was made and willing
. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i want to thank coral ridge boobs for inviting me back and all the people to come out and hear about general fill sheraton of the try -- civilling war he was probably the least known of them. the other being grant and william sherman. in 1937, the three generals appeared together...
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and robert ely on the confederate side.ator theynew good in the technical sense. they knew how to arrange i will battles. moral sense.ing oua this is something he didn't know about in the until the thick of things. li or less so now, that we have satellites and aircraft that oversee everything. the hardest part is figuring out apoach ee battlefield was, and how they were going to approach each other. grant had a gift for that. i'm not sure where it came from. some people have a spatial imagination is better thanhan others. the other aspect, and i will call it the moral part, grant thd the ability to do something that the five commanders of union forces that preceded him did not have. he had the ability to give the t order to go into battle. now, that might sound like an that oversimplification, but georgesb mcclellan, the best-known of grant's predecessors, was asgoot good as grant was preparing fori battle. he was even more beloved of his troop then grant. but mcclellan didn't have thee. nerve. he didn't have the brutality to give the order for battle whenoe he k
and robert ely on the confederate side.ator theynew good in the technical sense. they knew how to arrange i will battles. moral sense.ing oua this is something he didn't know about in the until the thick of things. li or less so now, that we have satellites and aircraft that oversee everything. the hardest part is figuring out apoach ee battlefield was, and how they were going to approach each other. grant had a gift for that. i'm not sure where it came from. some people have a spatial...
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they remained in contact by phone at windsor several times a year, 2011, she awarded robert by making him an honorary member of the royal victorian order. when her oldest court, monty, died several weeks ago at age 13 it was revealed he had been named after monty roberts. her last visit to the united states was in july of 2010 to way a wreath at ground zero in new york city and she spent nearly half an hour in record shattering heat of 100 degrees reading families of those who lost their lives on 9/11. debbie fulmer, the widow of a firefighter who died on 9/11, echoed the observation of others when she told me we were all pouring sweat but she didn't have a bead of sweat on her. i thought this is what it is like to the boil. the queen has shown us over the years how to be royal in so many ways, her sense of duty and her professionalism as well as her wisdom and her good judgment which has endeared her not only to her subjects but to so many people in this country. on her first state visit in 1957, she emphasized the common language and heritage of history between britain and america a
they remained in contact by phone at windsor several times a year, 2011, she awarded robert by making him an honorary member of the royal victorian order. when her oldest court, monty, died several weeks ago at age 13 it was revealed he had been named after monty roberts. her last visit to the united states was in july of 2010 to way a wreath at ground zero in new york city and she spent nearly half an hour in record shattering heat of 100 degrees reading families of those who lost their lives...
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[applause] >> robert, you're up next. robert? >> yes? >> you're next. >> i'm next. okay. yes, i confess i haven't read a lot of proost, not that particular book, but it's very edifying, and i find myself in agreement with it. i'm not sure about the rubbish comment, however. and i should try to explain, because it seems to me that maryanne notwithstanding, we don't really know what reading is when it goes on under our nose. we're beginning to know. we understand more about the hemispheres of the brain and the way synapses give off messages and so on, but we're far away from this mystery which is the actual process of reading. however, we are in the middle of a time of tremendous change, and i don't think it's an exaggeration to say that there is a new orientation towards texts that has already developed, and it is pointing us in a new direction. but i'm an historian, so whenever i try to figure out where we're headed, naturally, i look backwards or at least into a kind of rearview mirror that i hope will tell me something about trends in the past that can inform our sense
[applause] >> robert, you're up next. robert? >> yes? >> you're next. >> i'm next. okay. yes, i confess i haven't read a lot of proost, not that particular book, but it's very edifying, and i find myself in agreement with it. i'm not sure about the rubbish comment, however. and i should try to explain, because it seems to me that maryanne notwithstanding, we don't really know what reading is when it goes on under our nose. we're beginning to know. we understand more...
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gary snyder, june jordan, robert tonkin, cecil brown, jack spicer. my teacher, archie and thence was a teacher here in his teacher was josephine miles. i'd be remiss if i did not acknowledge the continuing presence of someone, maxed in kingston still among us. and i must say to you that it's a pleasure and i've taught a number of places with the term pleasure does not apply. [laughter] it is a pleasure to teach your with linda jini, brunning mukherjee, the term chandra, tom faulkner, but it's my students that brought us great joy over these last five years and a teaching here. they read the assignments. and they showed up in the office or conversation. and they work harder. they begun reading series, tape lace in the world and keep things going. bagram here to discern this afternoon. thank you. [applause] >> i want to assure you is -- introduce a dynamic young man. it's a good idea to keep some of the old water out and our chairperson is just an imam, the great playwright ali. this young man and had the new culture. as a major. at 2:00 in the morning
gary snyder, june jordan, robert tonkin, cecil brown, jack spicer. my teacher, archie and thence was a teacher here in his teacher was josephine miles. i'd be remiss if i did not acknowledge the continuing presence of someone, maxed in kingston still among us. and i must say to you that it's a pleasure and i've taught a number of places with the term pleasure does not apply. [laughter] it is a pleasure to teach your with linda jini, brunning mukherjee, the term chandra, tom faulkner, but it's...
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i have read several of these already, robert caro's latest volume in his massive history, biography of lyndon johnson. janet reed's biography leonard cohen, all these people at the book festival among others. david maraniss is here with a book about obama. i was curious because all these books are so different in terms of authors's approaches to subject matter, with the subject is dead or alive, what kind of access the biographer has to be subject to. i am curious, do you have a philosophy having written many biographies of what exactly a biography should be and what it should do? >> thanks for the question and for all of you coming out. sunday morning is sometimes a chore. i am gratified so many of you are here. the question of biography and what i see it to be. i am trained as a historian so i tend to look at biographies which, regardless of how they are written to some extent all comprise the life and times of your subject. i tend to include more times than some other biographers do. in my experience and observation, biographers come to their subjects from one of two directions. the
i have read several of these already, robert caro's latest volume in his massive history, biography of lyndon johnson. janet reed's biography leonard cohen, all these people at the book festival among others. david maraniss is here with a book about obama. i was curious because all these books are so different in terms of authors's approaches to subject matter, with the subject is dead or alive, what kind of access the biographer has to be subject to. i am curious, do you have a philosophy...
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gary snyder, june jordan, robert duncan, cecil brown, jack spicer. my teacher was a student here and his teacher was josephine miles. i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the continuing presence of ishmael reed, maxine pinkston, still among us and i must say to you that it is a pleasure and i have talked to the number of places where that term pleasure does not apply. [laughter] it is a pleasure to teach here with bob has and jeffrey, vikram chandra, tom farber but it's my students that have brought me great joy over these last several -- last five years in my teaching here. they read the assignments. [laughter] and then they show up in the office aching for commerce nation, which is just incredibly gratifying and it makes me work harder but that's okay. they graduate and they go out and they start galleries and began reading series. they take place in the world and they keep things going, so welcome here to this room this afternoon. thank you. [applause] >> i want to introduce a dynamic young man. this organization has gotten new blood but it'
gary snyder, june jordan, robert duncan, cecil brown, jack spicer. my teacher was a student here and his teacher was josephine miles. i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the continuing presence of ishmael reed, maxine pinkston, still among us and i must say to you that it is a pleasure and i have talked to the number of places where that term pleasure does not apply. [laughter] it is a pleasure to teach here with bob has and jeffrey, vikram chandra, tom farber but it's my students that...
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robert is a familiar face arouni these parts, having spent presen immediately part of his careerra as one of texas monthly's marke riders. the ear being a pair together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage.ing at he is currently a contributingld writer to the new york timesstag magazine and national geographic and correspondent for gq his te previous books include that crre certainsp chemical it planned prior review george w. bush, ded comprehensive history of rolling biograph stone magazine and a novel.ng a native of houston who attende, the university of texas atal austin.ive o please join me in welcoming texa robert draper. [applause] >> nice to see. i thought we might start broad. are we better off than we were two years ago? we better off >> i really have to answer thata question [laughter] >> i really don't have to answer that question. >> you have to answer that question. >> is a need answering? >> it does. >> i think that the unit of measurement that democrats would use for the performance of congress is different from that was the republicans would
robert is a familiar face arouni these parts, having spent presen immediately part of his careerra as one of texas monthly's marke riders. the ear being a pair together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage.ing at he is currently a contributingld writer to the new york timesstag magazine and national geographic and correspondent for gq his te previous books include that crre certainsp chemical it planned prior review george w. bush, ded comprehensive history of rolling...
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carter's housing -- was patricia roberts harris. he thought fannie was doing too much for the suburbs and not nearly enough for the inner city. okayly hunter politely reminded her it was no longer a government age. it was supposed to be imagining the own affairs. she threatened legislations to try to restore more government control over fannie mae. hunter always a lady's man tried sending flours to -- flowers to mrs. harris and even a box of fannie mae chock lits. she sent them back. she said if she ate the chocolates she would become as fat as the profit at fannie mae. well, finally the two sides came to a comprise. the hud would set goals for the finances of mortgage for poor people if the business fell below a certain level. well hunter's people figured they had snookered mrs. harris. they were prompting to do only if whey that would have done anyway. but a precedent had been set. the government could impose quota on fannie mae. now it was ronald reagan's turn. it was morning in america, peter was a young guy in the treasury. sur
carter's housing -- was patricia roberts harris. he thought fannie was doing too much for the suburbs and not nearly enough for the inner city. okayly hunter politely reminded her it was no longer a government age. it was supposed to be imagining the own affairs. she threatened legislations to try to restore more government control over fannie mae. hunter always a lady's man tried sending flours to -- flowers to mrs. harris and even a box of fannie mae chock lits. she sent them back. she said...
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. >> host: jane robert said -- robinson you have 60 seconds to make a pitch to an organization for many or the parent. what is it? >> b.v. bus. there is a gap in the united states to have to provide those with the resources they need. we're losing geniuses because they're not given that educational tools that they
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another story that i like very much, i was playing tennis with robert j. lipton, the nazi doctor. join us just as we were finished . and just be me six love. twenty-three and still is 23 years older than me. so he was feeling very pleased with themselves. having been introduced, very vigorous and manley, he said quite typically, so few areas of transcendence left open to us in these times. sex, sports, arts. mr. versus d'amato, and don't forget the mysteries of others. [laughter] the language contemplation, this should be a transcendent pleasure. really quite daring. >> also, he just said it in a while @booktv away. he wished everyone well. the least competitive, most generous person really have ever met. i think he would really wallow in the happiness of others. >> we spent quite a bit of time traveling together for the various books that we were able to work on. he spend a lot of time on the road with somebody. there is a lot of down time. you begin to talk about your life. christopher was performing. he was working. he understood what his job was and what he was traveling for.
another story that i like very much, i was playing tennis with robert j. lipton, the nazi doctor. join us just as we were finished . and just be me six love. twenty-three and still is 23 years older than me. so he was feeling very pleased with themselves. having been introduced, very vigorous and manley, he said quite typically, so few areas of transcendence left open to us in these times. sex, sports, arts. mr. versus d'amato, and don't forget the mysteries of others. [laughter] the language...
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in the 53 had reagan and hollywood to do rehab robert redford, barbara streisand. what is the dynamic? are there any other signs in your career that it might be redirected? >> if you look at the people trying to save the world the phrase then hollywood was the soul so dead so those are saying the overall so that they start to read their own press notices. that is what we see. i don't know that is an answer to your question but i like saying it. [laughter] a big mac. >> a question in the back. >> a connoisseur of competence giving us some of the great "confidence men." divvy dell is one of my favorite. i wonder as you look upon the political scene how do assess president obama as a confidence man? not as the fly in the ointment but what about mitt romney? >> they say they will work their side of the street. condoleeza rice several weeks ago to say you're so smart unpatriotic why don't you run for president? i don't have it in the. with president bush at the end of the day he was ready to go and i was ready to shoot myself. [laughter] they have to spend their life do
in the 53 had reagan and hollywood to do rehab robert redford, barbara streisand. what is the dynamic? are there any other signs in your career that it might be redirected? >> if you look at the people trying to save the world the phrase then hollywood was the soul so dead so those are saying the overall so that they start to read their own press notices. that is what we see. i don't know that is an answer to your question but i like saying it. [laughter] a big mac. >> a question in...
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independent bookstore, been here since 1973, and i've owned the store since 2006 along with my husband, robert, and it was opened by michael in 1973 # across the street, and it's been part of the community ever since. they moved the store after a flood in 1992 when the old store was flooded, it was time to expand and start in a fresh space, and they moved here so it's been here ever since, and it's really a community bookstore. people have been coming here since the beginning. kids have grown up here, and we definitely like being part of the community that way. i don't think you can find too many towns of 8,000 people that support three bookstores. in fact, one time we had five bookstores all within a stone's throw of each other, and you don't find that have many places anymore. you know, mostly independent bookstores close around the country. some communities are supporting more and opening stores, but a lot of them are closing. you know, a lot of stores have been in business for 40 years like us are not surviving changes of ownership and retierms and things like that. this is a community tha
independent bookstore, been here since 1973, and i've owned the store since 2006 along with my husband, robert, and it was opened by michael in 1973 # across the street, and it's been part of the community ever since. they moved the store after a flood in 1992 when the old store was flooded, it was time to expand and start in a fresh space, and they moved here so it's been here ever since, and it's really a community bookstore. people have been coming here since the beginning. kids have grown...
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they're just assuming:of the picture and robert bryce has written extensively about this and it is interesting that president obama says we should be more like china. china produces 70% of its electricity from coal and 2% from renewables. they are making solar panels and wind turbines and exploiting them to us so our electricity is more expensive and manufacturing because of the price of electricity year goes over to china. very smart of the chinese and complete the legal. not as though there engage in anything under hand and we are doing this to ourselves. we need to use our own resources and focus on the benefits of inexpensive energy. >> you mentioned exports before and the possibility for exports and we have a project called the power and growth initiative which you are aware of and predicate on the idea america could be the new middle east. i wonder if you could talk about why you feel exports of energy, natural gas, oil is practical? >> we imported a lot of natural gas. what is interesting is to see the forecast two or three years ago for imports of natural gas, those were headed steadil
they're just assuming:of the picture and robert bryce has written extensively about this and it is interesting that president obama says we should be more like china. china produces 70% of its electricity from coal and 2% from renewables. they are making solar panels and wind turbines and exploiting them to us so our electricity is more expensive and manufacturing because of the price of electricity year goes over to china. very smart of the chinese and complete the legal. not as though there...
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a robert parry's during race for the north pole. the bulk of the book is dedicated to political forces to appreciate the century. as one who gravitate towards the great man theory in most of my history, is almost at a loss of words last week for a book signing event, when a questioner asked me, who's the most important person in your book? it dawned on me this is in a book about most important people. it's a book about great ideas and terrible ideas, ideas that in the course of the century were tested in this climactic of ways, war. the most important of the ideas we discussed is something many writers and intellectuals pay lipservice to. american exceptionalism, but no one is really defined. we were surprised as we went through to find it wasn't a good definition of american exceptionalism. so i think that is her first accomplishment in "a patriot's history of the modern world." we examine and assign american exceptionalism through identification of what we call the four pillars. these are shaped america and in the same pillars are
a robert parry's during race for the north pole. the bulk of the book is dedicated to political forces to appreciate the century. as one who gravitate towards the great man theory in most of my history, is almost at a loss of words last week for a book signing event, when a questioner asked me, who's the most important person in your book? it dawned on me this is in a book about most important people. it's a book about great ideas and terrible ideas, ideas that in the course of the century were...
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said that's not how he intended to operate as governor and he fired owls met's talk temmins including robert moses and immediate let it be known he intended to run to the state of new york as himself. there were several other locations were politicians including herbert hoover looked on roosevelt as a sort of light weight. his nickname in college was feather duster roosevelt, and that image was white bantering purchase things and people just didn't think fetus wasn't strong enough to become the candidate for president. he became a very successful governor of new york and he won the election in 1935, a huge margin and as soon as he won in 1930, he started laying the groundwork to run for president in 1932. in those days primaries did not generate any delegates. you could one deily kuran and 20 primaries and they're actually chosen by the state party process but roosevelt and his top aides who were louis whole and jim felt that if he got into these as many races as possible and he won as many of them as possible that the states would realize which way the tide was going and get on the board an
said that's not how he intended to operate as governor and he fired owls met's talk temmins including robert moses and immediate let it be known he intended to run to the state of new york as himself. there were several other locations were politicians including herbert hoover looked on roosevelt as a sort of light weight. his nickname in college was feather duster roosevelt, and that image was white bantering purchase things and people just didn't think fetus wasn't strong enough to become the...
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architects of the day, tony gaudi walter gropius who epitomize nature, god and man and not order a robert pires during race for the north pole. the bulk of this book is dedicated to those political forces that reshape the century. as one who gravitates the great gary, osama said above servers last week at a book signing event when a questioner asked me, who's the most person in your vote? it dawned on me this really isn't a book about the most important people. it's a book about great ideas and terrible ideas can ideas in the course of the century were tested in the most climactic of ways. but the most important idea who discusses something many writers and intellectuals pay lipservice to. american exceptionalism, but which no one is really defined. we were surprised to find it really wasn't a good definition of american exceptionalism. so i think that their first accomplishment in history at the modern world. re-examine and define american exceptionalism through gentrification of what we call the four pillars. and in the same colors were off largely or even entirely ignored in shaping th
architects of the day, tony gaudi walter gropius who epitomize nature, god and man and not order a robert pires during race for the north pole. the bulk of this book is dedicated to those political forces that reshape the century. as one who gravitates the great gary, osama said above servers last week at a book signing event when a questioner asked me, who's the most person in your vote? it dawned on me this really isn't a book about the most important people. it's a book about great ideas and...
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today we have robert redford, barbra streisand. so he describes the culture. what is the dynamic in your opinion that drives it to left? and are there any signs, perhaps, maybe in your own career by which it might be redirected before it brings us all down? >> well, in my racket of show business, particularly in hollywood we are fantasists. if you looked at the people who are champion -- championing to much trying to save it in the 30's and '40's. the phrase in hollywood was will warn. [indiscernible] presoak they are saving the world in every movie. it makes sense that they start believing their own press notices. and that is what we see. i don't know if that's the answer to your question. >> way in the back. >> you are a connoisseur of the confidence man. given some of the great confidence men in theater and film. one of my favorite because you made steve martin a villain. i wonder, as you look upon the political scene today, how do you assess president obama as a confidence man in the panoply of confidence men and not to put a fly in the ointment, but how t
today we have robert redford, barbra streisand. so he describes the culture. what is the dynamic in your opinion that drives it to left? and are there any signs, perhaps, maybe in your own career by which it might be redirected before it brings us all down? >> well, in my racket of show business, particularly in hollywood we are fantasists. if you looked at the people who are champion -- championing to much trying to save it in the 30's and '40's. the phrase in hollywood was will warn....
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carter's housing net was patricia roberts harris, and she thought that fannie was doing too much for the suburbs and not nearly enough for the inner-city. oakley hunter polite reminder that fannie mae was no longer a government agency. it was supposed to be managing its own affairs. mrs. harris threatened legislation to try to restore more government control over fannie mae. hunter always a ladies man tried sending flowers to mrs. harris, and even a box of fannie mae chocolates. she sent them back. she said if she ate those chocolates should become as fat as the prophets at fannie mae. well, finally the two sides came to a compromised. the department of housing and urban development, had, would set goals for amy's financing of mortgages for poor people. if that part of the business ever fell below a certain level. oakley hunter's people figured they had snookered mrs. harris because they were promising to do only what they would have done anyway. but a president have been set. the government could impose quotas on fannie mae. now it was ronald reagan's turn. it was morning in america
carter's housing net was patricia roberts harris, and she thought that fannie was doing too much for the suburbs and not nearly enough for the inner-city. oakley hunter polite reminder that fannie mae was no longer a government agency. it was supposed to be managing its own affairs. mrs. harris threatened legislation to try to restore more government control over fannie mae. hunter always a ladies man tried sending flowers to mrs. harris, and even a box of fannie mae chocolates. she sent them...
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system and bureaucracy that manage slavery in the new territories to the point where the historian robert nepali referred to him as the father of slavery in louisiana. so it was a far cry, only 20 years later from a man who tried to stop slavery from getting into the west to the man who helps to extend its reach into the new territory. i don't much like counterfactual's but i'm going to end with one anyway because i think this one really could have happened. there was an oral history that was recorded in the 1940s by a woman named pearl graham who was trying to find information about -- and she went to find as many descendents of monticello slaves as she could. she actually recorded a number of interviews. in one of them, person said something that was very striking. she said that -- no,, it was he, mr. jefferson misuse large sums of money that had been given him for the benefit of the negroes. when i first read this, it really didn't make any sense at all. i didn't know what he could be possibly talking about and i thought it was something that was made up like people who are just angry
system and bureaucracy that manage slavery in the new territories to the point where the historian robert nepali referred to him as the father of slavery in louisiana. so it was a far cry, only 20 years later from a man who tried to stop slavery from getting into the west to the man who helps to extend its reach into the new territory. i don't much like counterfactual's but i'm going to end with one anyway because i think this one really could have happened. there was an oral history that was...
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you know, i spent 12 years at the robert johnson foundation. it started when a major study came out that was published showing how poorly we care for people at the end of life. and so we launched a major initiative, and we started to help hospitals and physicians and nurses establish palliative care programs and house bills, which is a good thing. people can get the care that they want. so while that has taken off and we have a specialty, the question remains how come divided care costs keep going up and out. on the other side of the equation, our families who are deeply, deeply troubled about what many of them, not all, but many are deeply troubled. that will rely on physicians, future generations. i would love to hear your thoughts on what we can do to make sure people get the care that they need. public expectations. we think there's a cure for everything. if you turn on television dramas he think we can work miracles. we sent the public a steady diet . there is a cure for everything. every test known to mankind can and should be done. we cr
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political theory and then i was hired by a man i was working for as an assistant why was a student, robert, who at that time, he brought in and worked there for a while. i guess the rest is in history but anyway, that's a bit of early backer spent and i want to get in this comment from jill. jill tweets in, what influence do you think mr. hitchens writing had on shaping women's history in america and the world? >> i'm not sure i know that he was the most egalitarian, seriously a bloke i have a new. he was absolutely, he thought of women and men as complete equals. he wrote a piece for "vanity fair," why women aren't funny. at it was one more assignment and he wrote it. and if you actually read it, it doesn't actually, the article doesn't say what the title might imply. he was so nonsexist for a guy who was such a man's man, and so loved by women. he was very charismatic. women adored him, but he didn't let the sexual card at all. so i don't know what, i don't know if he has a place in quote women's history per se, but just in the liberation come he would have would have thought of a better
political theory and then i was hired by a man i was working for as an assistant why was a student, robert, who at that time, he brought in and worked there for a while. i guess the rest is in history but anyway, that's a bit of early backer spent and i want to get in this comment from jill. jill tweets in, what influence do you think mr. hitchens writing had on shaping women's history in america and the world? >> i'm not sure i know that he was the most egalitarian, seriously a bloke i...
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he is the robert m. bass professor of government at harvard. the year 2009 seems to have been a watershed year for both michael and harvard. by then more than 15,000 students had taken his famous course, justice, which provided the basis for his previous book, "justice: what's the right thing to do?" it was in 2009 that michael and the university allowed public television stations across the country to sit in on the course where topics ranged from wall street bonuses to same-sex marriage. it drew the attention of the phi times which published an article. the difficulty in this course is in what teaching you already know, he told the times. it works by taking what we know from familiar, unquestioned settings and making it strange. thus, would you switch a runway trolley from one track to another if it meant killing one person instead of five? what about a surgeon killing one healthy person so that five people who needed organ transplants could live? is that moral? why not? michael sandel is addressing one to have the largest political questions
he is the robert m. bass professor of government at harvard. the year 2009 seems to have been a watershed year for both michael and harvard. by then more than 15,000 students had taken his famous course, justice, which provided the basis for his previous book, "justice: what's the right thing to do?" it was in 2009 that michael and the university allowed public television stations across the country to sit in on the course where topics ranged from wall street bonuses to same-sex...
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robert mcnamara is one of the most vocal about this. and he says we have to get this out, even if they are not a military threat in a clinical sense. the american public, we just can't live with the american public if we let this stay. so kennedy is eventually persuaded. so we have to get rid of it. then you look at some of the other weapons systems. there was a lot of other military equipment in cuba. and the troops were the real issue here. the americans thought there was something about seven or 8000 troops. about 17,000 troops. there were about 43,000. on the 23rd of october, the day after kennedy speech to the nation, they started sending over low-level surveillance planes. and they discovered that there were combat troops that were organized around the island. they had nuclear capable rockets and what they're trying to decide in the weeks after this is do we want to insist on giving these other weapons and troops out and we need to get him to pull this out? the decision is actually quite different and it drags on. it's a low prior
robert mcnamara is one of the most vocal about this. and he says we have to get this out, even if they are not a military threat in a clinical sense. the american public, we just can't live with the american public if we let this stay. so kennedy is eventually persuaded. so we have to get rid of it. then you look at some of the other weapons systems. there was a lot of other military equipment in cuba. and the troops were the real issue here. the americans thought there was something about...
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robert mcnamara who was not overtly political, but a registered republican. the secretary of the treasury, republican. so we actually may show about lot of his advisers were actually very centrist. he was not getting left-leaning partisan people around him when he was making these very important decisions. >> host: we have just a couple minutes left. one last question about the tapes. you dedicated many years of your life to the university of virginia miller center affairs. talked both about the value of these tapes, but also about the potential pitfalls because you rely heavily and some have said because the tapes are so wonderful that we can focus too much on them and there might be a danger to that. >> host: as you point out come at the university of virginia we've been working on these tapes of all six persons in the white house since about 1998 when the program is formed. read the whole team of people, colleagues, students, scholars working on this. so we're trying to work through this remarkable resource. but they do have to be used with care and i try
robert mcnamara who was not overtly political, but a registered republican. the secretary of the treasury, republican. so we actually may show about lot of his advisers were actually very centrist. he was not getting left-leaning partisan people around him when he was making these very important decisions. >> host: we have just a couple minutes left. one last question about the tapes. you dedicated many years of your life to the university of virginia miller center affairs. talked both...
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and they're publishing authors like robert novak, who's got a book out this fall as well. c-span: and where are they based? who owns them? do you know? >> guest: they're right outside the district, somewhere in maryland. i've never been there, but they're close by here. c-span: this your first book by them? >> guest: with them, yes. i've published chapters in some books by them before, but, yes, this is my first book with them c-span: on the back you have some other endorsements. rush limbaugh: 'a path-breaking book,' he says. 'the american people finally have a definitive answer to the distortions about the founding that liberals have been pouring into the american mind since the 1960s. i recommend this book heartily. it belongs on every bookshelf and in every classroom in america.' what's that endorsement worth to your book, do you think? >> guest: i think that what the publisher had in mind was this is a guy--rush limbaugh--who is very well-known --to the american people. he's got a huge audience with his radio show. rather than put on an academic that a very small numb
and they're publishing authors like robert novak, who's got a book out this fall as well. c-span: and where are they based? who owns them? do you know? >> guest: they're right outside the district, somewhere in maryland. i've never been there, but they're close by here. c-span: this your first book by them? >> guest: with them, yes. i've published chapters in some books by them before, but, yes, this is my first book with them c-span: on the back you have some other endorsements....
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robert kennedy is meeting in his office with the soviet ambassador. they are frying to work out the deals. privately about this. word has come to kennedy in the oval office that an american plane, the pentagon told him that the american surveillance plane may have been shot down over cuba. kennedy has the tape recorder rolling and talking to robbie kennedy while the prime minister is -- ambassador is the room. we think a plane has been shut down. what do we do? and he's going through do we do air strikes? he's talking about the things about the prelim performs going to be faced when it comes out. it's one of the remarkable moments you get to hear a.in real time struggling through, okay, now what go do? do we retaliate and send our planes over and knock out the airfield which would have reinflamed the crisis. kennedy was having a reprieve. it was a false alarm. they had scrammed. they hadn't shut down an american plane. you goat windows and you get a sense of the tension what kennedy is facing. had is, you know, a week after the 30 the days. you get a
robert kennedy is meeting in his office with the soviet ambassador. they are frying to work out the deals. privately about this. word has come to kennedy in the oval office that an american plane, the pentagon told him that the american surveillance plane may have been shot down over cuba. kennedy has the tape recorder rolling and talking to robbie kennedy while the prime minister is -- ambassador is the room. we think a plane has been shut down. what do we do? and he's going through do we do...
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by the way, appointed the first black member, robert weaver in 1956. so the great society and the passage of that and how johnson does it is front and center, particularly early in the book. and then a lot of things have been they don't prevent them from getting these things done, but do you change the politics. by the end of the year, ronald reagan is clearly going to run for governor as you point out in 1866 and dancing beats pat brown who for years earlier had the nixon in the race for the governor. >> what i found most amazing about the great society is in effect that comes out of nowhere. there is no predicate for it. progressivism comes out that the turmoil of 1890. of course you know the new deal comes out of the turmoil of the great depression. you could argue that obamacare comes out of the great recession. where in the world did the society come from? and i think you answered that question. seven years old, 65 i remember in 64, we went around the neighborhood in an all-black community, saying we won the war of 1964. this of course is about th
by the way, appointed the first black member, robert weaver in 1956. so the great society and the passage of that and how johnson does it is front and center, particularly early in the book. and then a lot of things have been they don't prevent them from getting these things done, but do you change the politics. by the end of the year, ronald reagan is clearly going to run for governor as you point out in 1866 and dancing beats pat brown who for years earlier had the nixon in the race for the...
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cabinet, by the way, ended up appointing the first black person, robert weaver, 1966. so, yes, the great society is -- and the passage of that, and how johnson does it, it front and center, particularly early in the book, and then a lot of things happen that don't prevent him from getting these things done, but do change the politics. so by the end of the year ronald reagan is clearly going to run for governor, as you point out in 1966, and does, and beats pat brown, who four years earlier had beaten nixon in the race for governor. >> host: what i always found most amaze about the great society in effect it comes out of nowhere. there's no predicate for it. we know the new deal comes out of the turmoil of the great depression. you can even argue that obamacare -- we can call it that -- obamacare comes oust the great recession. where in the world does the great society come from? i think you answer that question, and it's -- i was a kid during this period, and seven years old, in 1965, and i remember in '64, we went around the neighborhood, all-black communities, saying
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particularly the people i call the radical ahistorical members of the supreme court, scalia, thomas, roberts, have twisted and extended and expanded this thing to be an anticonsumer law because they're corporatists and do numerous things that have no basis in history or the constitution while claiming there's their guide. and i believe that if the federal arbitration act as currently interpret bid the supreme court came up for a vote today and banned all soreses of things that would make the system nor efficient, it would not get a single vote from a single member of congress. no one would vote for this if it came up today and it's being used by corporations as a tool against consumers and small business owners and franchise agreements and other areas, to increase their power over their customers. >> host: you mentioned dodd-frank and it's come up recently in the campaign about whether it should be repealed in part or in whole. what's your -- >> guest: i'm not a plan of dodd-frank. the best regulation is the least regulation you. want to have regulation that encourage virtuous behavior. we h
particularly the people i call the radical ahistorical members of the supreme court, scalia, thomas, roberts, have twisted and extended and expanded this thing to be an anticonsumer law because they're corporatists and do numerous things that have no basis in history or the constitution while claiming there's their guide. and i believe that if the federal arbitration act as currently interpret bid the supreme court came up for a vote today and banned all soreses of things that would make the...
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particularly the people like all the radical a historical members of the supreme court scalia, thomas, roberts twisted and extended and expanded this thing to be an anticonsumer law because the hour core protests and they do things that have no basis in history with the constitution claiming and i believe if the federal arbitration act as it is interpreted by the supreme court had a vote today and the plan not to the companies but you and me and ban all sorts of things to make it efficient i don't believe there's a single vote from a member of congress regardless of their political or economic views no one would vote for this if it came up today and it's being used by corporations against consumers and small-business owners and franchise agreements and other areas to increase their power over their customers. >> host: you talk a bit about dodd-frank whether it should be repealed. >> guest: the best regulation is the least regulation. you want to have regulation that encourages a virtuous behavior and rewards it and punishes vicious behavior. we had an excellent law called glass-stegall. we hav
particularly the people like all the radical a historical members of the supreme court scalia, thomas, roberts twisted and extended and expanded this thing to be an anticonsumer law because the hour core protests and they do things that have no basis in history with the constitution claiming and i believe if the federal arbitration act as it is interpreted by the supreme court had a vote today and the plan not to the companies but you and me and ban all sorts of things to make it efficient i...
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towards paris and before he even arrives in paris, the american ambassador who was already there -- robert livingston's approach by talleyrand who is napoleon's foreign ministry and talleyrand comes to livingston says essentially how would you like to buy the entire territory of louisiana? livingston, he's not exactly surprising that livingston said yes, let's do this. they complete the negotiations negotiations -- i'm sorry, james monroe. who would become madison secretary of state and with them become madison's successor as president? we have your in the room a bunch of people who were almost, who would be president or almost president so monroe completes the negotiations. they are not typical. the french really want to sell. sell. they have bigger problems with britain and they want the cash. >> host: louisiana they have decided -- >> guest: one way or another, it's too far away and he says amazingly it was for sidekick is in this reputation for genius of mixed ethical quality. a century from now it might be so powerful that no one in europe can stand up to it but a century now from now
towards paris and before he even arrives in paris, the american ambassador who was already there -- robert livingston's approach by talleyrand who is napoleon's foreign ministry and talleyrand comes to livingston says essentially how would you like to buy the entire territory of louisiana? livingston, he's not exactly surprising that livingston said yes, let's do this. they complete the negotiations negotiations -- i'm sorry, james monroe. who would become madison secretary of state and with...
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that embasary arrives in paris, the master who was already there, robert livingston who was approached, and he says essentially, how would you guys like to buy the entire territory of louisiana. livingston, it's not surprising, he said, yes, let's do this. they negotiate. the embassy arrives, complete the negotiation. >> host: that's james monroe. >> guest: who would become madison's secretary of state, and then would become madison's success sore as president. we have in the room a bunch of people almost who -- who would be president or almost president or thoroughly evaluated. they complete the negotiations. they are not difficult. the french want to sell. they have bigger problems than they have with the united states. they want the cash. >> host: louisiana was a white elephant. >> guest: they think that the united states gets louisiana. it's too far away, and they with too consumed to protect it. he says, amazingly, with the foresight that gives him the reputation for, you know, genius of mixed ethical quality, but remarkable intellectual abilities, a says a century from now, it co
that embasary arrives in paris, the master who was already there, robert livingston who was approached, and he says essentially, how would you guys like to buy the entire territory of louisiana. livingston, it's not surprising, he said, yes, let's do this. they negotiate. the embassy arrives, complete the negotiation. >> host: that's james monroe. >> guest: who would become madison's secretary of state, and then would become madison's success sore as president. we have in the room a...
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were some concerns a few years ago that there were history standards coming out that did not mention robert e. lee. on the other hand, there are the texas state textbooks which have been the subject -- subject of some controversy because they spent more time talking about jefferson davis and thomas jefferson. so there is always a swing in the shift. we should mention and we are talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have their rules about what the textbooks should and could say. and i am not a textbook writer. i am not a text book critic specifically. but i think that there is a problem. i grew up with books that did not include any of the non white european model. and so certainly when i was writing don't know much about history, i was trying to address that and their representation in recent years. there has been certainly a sense that american history has not included the stories of the asians and the hispanic americans who have come into this country. it's one of the things i started to do when i wrote one of my more recent
were some concerns a few years ago that there were history standards coming out that did not mention robert e. lee. on the other hand, there are the texas state textbooks which have been the subject -- subject of some controversy because they spent more time talking about jefferson davis and thomas jefferson. so there is always a swing in the shift. we should mention and we are talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have their...
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instance there was some concern a few years ago that their history stand is coming that the dimension robert e. lee and on the other hand the texas textbooks have been a subject of controversy because they spend more time talking about jefferson davis and thomas jefferson. there's always a swing and a shift and we should mention when we're talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have rules about what textbooks should and could say and i am not a textbook writer and not a textbook critics specifically. but there is a problem, i grew up with books that didn't include any of the non-white european models so certainly when i was writing "don't know much about history: everything you need to know about american history but never learned" that was looking at the underrepresentation. in recent years there has been a sense that american history hasn't included the stories of the asians and the hispanic americans who have come to the country. one of the things i started to do when i wrote one of my more recent books untold tales of the fi
instance there was some concern a few years ago that their history stand is coming that the dimension robert e. lee and on the other hand the texas textbooks have been a subject of controversy because they spend more time talking about jefferson davis and thomas jefferson. there's always a swing and a shift and we should mention when we're talking about school books specifically that these are often determined in different states and states have rules about what textbooks should and could say...
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panel will include his widow, carol blue, his publisher cary goldstein and two friends martin amis and robert while. after that carol blue will be joining us here at miami-dade college to take your tweets and facebook questions so there is another exclusive on line chance for you to talk with the widow of christopher hitchens. this is the 29th annual miami book fair. about 100,000 people. this is a weeklong event and we kicked off last week with tom wolfe live from chapman hall but we are down here this weekend and will be live all weekend with 100,000 people attending this event every year. as well as about 350 authors are down here. it was founded by mitch kaplan, founder of books & books, a big bookstore down here in south florida. the c-span buses also here and we are handing out bookbags with our partners, comcast here in the miami area so if you happen to be in the area come on down. we are at miami-dade college on the northside of downtown miami. for the miami book fair. in just a minute, that panel at chapman hall at miami-dade college will be giving dave barry and the onion editors h
panel will include his widow, carol blue, his publisher cary goldstein and two friends martin amis and robert while. after that carol blue will be joining us here at miami-dade college to take your tweets and facebook questions so there is another exclusive on line chance for you to talk with the widow of christopher hitchens. this is the 29th annual miami book fair. about 100,000 people. this is a weeklong event and we kicked off last week with tom wolfe live from chapman hall but we are down...